Maxim Sorokin (22 January 1968 – 30 June 2007) was a Russian

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Grandmaster (1992). In 1998–2002 he played for

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. In 2004 he tied for first with Saidali Iuldachev in the Murzagaliev Memorial in

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. In 2007 he coached

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in the 2007 Candidates matches in Elista. Sorokin died on 30 June 2007 due to complications from a recent automobile accident.

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